Carla Shah: It was time for me to direct my first fiction. I had had the idea for Icaro almost two years before actually filming. The time came where I had to prove to myself I could make it.

From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short?

The film took about two years from start to finish. The script was what took longest. I had never written a script before and although the images were clear in my head I was concerned people wouldn’t understand my message when translate onto paper. The funds for the film came from a crowdfunding platform here in Brazil and took about 3…